Horseshoe-nail clencher.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFKCE.

HORSE SHOE-NAIL CLENCHER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1909.

Application filed October 17, 1908. Serial No. 458,276.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. Mme

SHIMER, a citizen of the United States, resid- 5 ing at New Castle, inthe county of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a 5 newand useful Improvement in Horseshoe- Nail Clenchers, of which thefollowing 1s a 1 specification.

This invention relates to horseshoe nail clenchers for clenching thenail after it has been driven through the hoof, the object being toprovide a tool which is so constructed that it can be readily placed inposition to clench a nail and one which will clench the nail in such amanner that all danger of the nail coming out is prevented.

Another object of my invention is to provide a nail clencher which isexceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one which is composedof a very few parts which are so connected that they are not likely toget out of order in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a nail clencher which iscomposed of a pair of handles pivotally connected together, one of saidhandles having a jaw formed on its end and the other handle beingprovided with a curved portion to which is connected a pivoted jaw whichis loosely connected to the first mentioned handle whereby a wipingaction is imparted to the rigid jaw when the handles are broughttogether so as to thoroughly clench the nail.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a nail clencherwith jaws which are so arranged and connected that in use one of thejaws will be held in a horizontal position against the head of the nailand the other will extend up alongside of the hoof over the nail, saidjaw being curved so that when the handles are drawn together, it will bedrawn downwardly over the point of the nail.

\Vith these various objects in view, my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, arrangement and combination of partshereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved nail clencher showing it in position on the foot of an animal.of the same in a closed position. top plan view of the same.

In carrying out my improved invention, 1

Fig. 3 is a employ a pair of handles A and B provided Fig. 2 is a sideelevation with enlarged portions A, B which are pivj otally connectedtogether by a pivoted memher 0 which is secured within the enlargedportion B. The end of the handle B is provided with a curved jaw Dhaving teeth D formed on its face as clearly shown an d adapted toengage the point of the nail as will be hereinafter fully described. Theend of the handle A is provided with a bowed ortion E having an enlargedapertured end i to which is pivotally connected a jaw member F by apivot member G, the jaw member F being provided with a laterallyprojecting jaw face F which is provided with teeth and is adapted to beheld up against the head of the nail as clearly shown in Fig. 1 when thejaws are in an open position. The jaw member F is provided with a shankportion F having an enlarged slotted end F which is slidably mounted ona screw H secured in an enlarged apertured portion A of the handle A andit will be seen that when the jaws are drawn together, a wiping n10-tion will be imparted to the curved jaw so as to cause the same to passdown over the point of the nail and clench the same.

I am fully aware that nail clenchers comprising a pair of handles havingrigid aws at their ends have been used before, but these nail clenchersdo not clench the nail thoroughly as when the jaws are brought togethera wedging motion is imparted to the same which forces the nail back intothe hoof and does not turn the same in the same man ner as mine as whenthe aws of my device are brought together by the sliding movement of thejaw a wiping action is imparted to the curved aw so as to cause thepoint to be turned before the wedging action takes place. It will beseen that by this arrangement when the device is in the position asshown in Fig. 1 and the handles are brought together, the pivoted jaw lwill be forced to move forward along the bottom of the shoe so as tocause the rigid jaw to be drawn down over the point of the nail in sucha manner into the hoof or the hoof injured in any way is prevented.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided anail clencher with a rigid jaw and a pivoted jaw which are 1 soconnected together that when the handles are operated a wiping action isimparted to the rigid jaw.

that all danger of the nail being forced back Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1.. The combination with a pair of handles pivotally connected together,one of said handles being provided with a bow portion and the other witha curved serrated portion, a jaw member pivotally mounted on the end. ofthe bowed portion provided with a laterally projecting jaw face havingteeth, a shank extending rearwardly from said jaw member I l i i l i i il l l i i l having an enlarged slotted end and a screw 3 carried. by thehandle with the curved portion working in said slot.

2. A horseshoe nail clencher comprising a pair of cross handlespivotally connected together, one of said handles being provided with acurved jaw at its end provided with teeth, a curved. portion formed onthe end of the other handle, a aw pivotally connected.

to the end of said curved portion provided. with a shank having anenlarged slotted end and a screw extending through the slot of the shankcarried by the handle with the rigid jaw.

3. A horseshoe nail clencher comprising a pair of handles pivotallyconnected together, one of said handles being provided with a curvedjaw, having teeth, the other handle being provided with a curvedportion, a jaw pivotally connected to the end of said curved portionprovided with a rearwardly extending shank having an enlarged slottedend, and an enlarged portion formed. on the fill handle with the rigidjaw carrying a screw :35

working in the slot of the shank.

GEORGE B. MERSHIMER. Witnesses DAVID D. ANGELL, VVM. W. STEVENSON.

